gender identity disorders

gen·der i·den·ti·ty dis·or·ders

1. a mental disorder in children, adolescents, or adults characterized by a strong and enduring cross-gender identification that manifests in insistence that one is, or desires to be, the other sex; this disorder involves persistent discomfort with one's assigned sex or the gender role of one's sex, such that there is clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning, often leading to adopting to various degrees the gender role of the other sex. See also: transsexualism.

2. a DSM diagnosis that is established when the specific criteria are met. See also: transsexualism.

And they uncovered several previously unknown risk factors for diabetes, including a history of sexual and gender identity disorders, intestinal infections, and a category of illnesses that includes such sexually transmitted diseases as chlamydia.

Despite literature which correlates criminal behavior and gender identity disorders (transsexual, transgender) with disproportionately high prevalence rates of transsexuals within the correctional system, few studies have been conducted to suggest appropriate models of treatment for transgendered inmates.

A report mentions the use of gonadotropin-releasing analogs (GnRHa) to suppress puberty in adolescents with gender dysphoria as a new intervention in the field of gender identity disorders in order to give adolescents time to make balanced decisions on any further treatment steps.

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